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9/13/2013 5:36AM

A Skyscraper Designed to 'Disappear'

South Korea's government has approved plans to build the world's first high-rise building that can blend into the background and appear invisible. WSJ's Jeyup S. Kwaak explains how it works and issues surrounding the design. Photo: GDS Architects

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... the ... in skyscrapers to stand out in the skyline plots there are Hassan in South Korea to actually building and one and that is invisible ... and ever con joining me now is reporter ... Jeyup ... Kwaak from Seoul okay ... said GM ... will again have the pictures right now it looks pretty cool to oh oh one and is reflected on the outside and then expanded disappears into the skyline so how exactly does this work ... um yes I did it looks very cool over though ... I mean he's a waiter explained is that it's just that Costco or an ordinary one but ... there are a leading lights of being projected onto it ... and then using ... the ... The with this appears that the sky well it looks like it's disappearing into the sky is that ... they have time was on the other side of the building so behind that what we see it ... um ... that was ... the of of the tea lights up and in it what's behind the building ... they ... because the lead through optical illusion but we are ... up not seeing anything anymore other than the stars ... ok and so construction has been a fan as as far as I now ... ah for the building when can we actually expect to have had the building the bell ... um the woman to hold up there been some trouble of that moment looking for private investors ... of but will fund ... up for a portion of the projects bus so there are no plans of the moment no direct it's a it's ... opening up they don't even know about constructor of structured company ... that's been selected yet so I mean it's still ... a far ... down the line but some ... will see what ... we'll see what happens and it seems like a very cool again that we will get to sit and a ... step in the future ... if this is this a new type of technology into the building like this and been built before and ... you know I mean do we know that the yen and the kids actually going to look ... the way it does in the pictures ... um ... but in the first part of the person I am I don't know what the Beastie projecting L E D lights on to glass style response buildings ... across our Pres has been gone before to between four ... artworks on the world ... um that ... what so what's interesting about this ... and once it has ... this technology has not been one of the certified according to the Korean land and housing Corporation was up ... funding most of the project ... of the bonds of ... two conditions have to be that's in order for us to have this portraits of theoretically perfect ... optical illusion ... including the specific angle that we need to stand ... and where they all eyes are looking at the building ... of course it's nice to be a ... certain that all were so ... the weather gets the coffers of as well ... because of course we have ... um a ... nice time ... oh we have ... electric lights inside the building so that would make it impossible for the building to go ... invisible ... some of according to the father's ... and of course the sea ... um ... yes I mean the redneck all of the cab was the angle of the projections they would all have to sink in for for the answer to achieve outs um I think ... it's a good experts are saying ... it's ... still we have a lot of work to do ... ten K clients Italy the second half of the pictures they fell I am not standing up and so ... for more ... on this day to get it for Korea Vale SA and pepper ...